#the king maker

[spiritundaunted]

“Albert enjoyed having a second family life. He grew very attached to Phyllis, or Phiggie, as he called her, and would wander into the woods and fields when at Sandringham for the weekend to find jay feathers to send to her, sometimes writing two or three times in a single day. Phyllis provided some welcome maternal affection, while Louis was always the father figure urging Albert on, pushing him to have fun, to test himself and to embrace the opportunities before him. And Albert did gain confidence.”

- from The King Maker: The Man Who Saved George VI by Geordi Greig

Just my extra two cents: while I really enjoyed this book and its insights into the royal family (some of the Queen Mary stuff is great), I do sometimes feel that Louis Greig is given too much credit for Albert’s personal development. The success of their relationship was not owed to Louis alone - it was also because of Albert’s character; he was willing to listen and he worked very hard on himself. Almost too much so! He did credit Louis with "saving his life" (it was Greig who convinced George V to let his son have surgery for the ulcer that debilitated him for three years) but I think he was way too modest in that way; he always wanted to credit others for his own successes. But that's just my own opinion. No doubt, the relationship between Louis and Albert was an important one and Greig was the right man for the job.

And I just love the sweetness of this photo of Bertie & Phiggie! 🥰🤗🪶🎾

#oh Bertie! #I wish he would look at me that way ❤️ #feathers for phiggie #prince albert duke of york #king george vi #Louis Greig #The King Maker #Geordi Greig #cambridge #favorite books #british royal family #1919-20

[witchofvalyria]

do u have the episode 9 detailed leaks ?

Episode 9 Spoilers and Summary:

Viserys' body is discovered and Alicent is informed. Everyone who knows is imprisoned. Rhaenys is still at court and is locked in her own chambers. Green council convenes and Lord Beesbury killed. Alicent sends the Cargyll to find Aegon in Flea Bottom. His bastard child by a commoner is shown. Aegon breaks down when asked to usurp. Criston arrives and convinces Aegon to take the crown. While the coronation ceremony is prepared, Erryk takes advantage of the distraction so that he can follow his true allegiances. He helps Rhaenys escape and they steal Viserys’s crown together, she flees on Meleys and rides with Erryk behind her. The masses are confused and some calling out for Rhaenyra as Aegon and Haelana ride through the streets during their coronation. The loyalist lords who refuse to abandon their oaths are purged.

#hotd season 1 #hotd leaks #hotd spoilers #house targaryen #house of dragons #house of the dragon #targaryensource #rhaneyra targaryen #leanor velaryon #olivia cooke #rhea royce #queen rhaenyra #emma darcy #matt smith #Rhaenyra #rhaenys the queen who never was #rhaenys targaryen #alicent hightower #the king maker #criston cole #otto hightower

[kalakian]

In '76 the Marcoses hosted the IMF-WorldBank Mtg at the new PICC. They also got a $32M loan for the Tondo Urban Renewal to beautify Manila for the event. However, instead of on-site dev't, Imelda ordered squatter areas demolished & people loaded on garbage trucks &dumped far away

#kalakian #martial law #martial law philippines #tondo #imelda marcos #the king maker

[phoenix-lich]

Have the plushie I’ve been workin on for the last two and a half months But Horrorboros turned out so cute QwQ Took me a long while to make this as I never use a sewin machine for plushies haha xD When I saw this critter in Splatoon for the first time I knew I had to make a plushie of it Inside the “fryin pan” in its mouth is actually a little speaker that will play the scream it makes ingame... not very loudly tho sadly Big thanks to my good friend and assistant who would go out in hot weather to hold the Horrorboros up in front of these neat backgrounds and to lemme use his backpack for the closeup pics!

#splatoon 3 #splatoon salmon run #splatoon salmonid #salmonid #King Salmonid #Salmon Run #Horrorboros #Plush #Plushie #plush artist #plush maker #splatoon

[tonythr]

A tribute to my favorite quote from Hollow Knight. My biggest finished artwork so far

#hollow knight #hollow knight fanart #hollow knight art #hollow knight quote #hallownest #hallownest's crown #dirtmouth #forgotten crossroads #blue lake #City of Tears #Royal Waterways #Deepnest #Ancient Basin #Abyss #Birthplace #mask maker #delicate flower #shade lord #pale king #the radiance #it just came to me as an idea #and i really like how it turned out #that those words in particular connect with those locations #like truth about the radiance #and always with an eternal city #how the palace disappeared #will of the knight #deep #layers #kinda just wanted to practice recreating the game's style

[allelitewrestlings]

#julia hart #brody king #wrestlingedit #aewedit #aew #all elite wrestling #house of black #ours: gifs #maker: s #* #faction: house of black #tw: flashing gif #event: dynasty

[nelkcats]

The author

After all the otherworldly experiences he'd been through, Danny was tired, being King of the Infinite Realms didn't make up for that fact, Jazz had talked to him about it at some point, something about processing the trauma now that he was in a safe place.

He tried to ask his mentor for advice on how to get that weight off his chest but Clockwork told him that it was not the time yet and offered him some cookies, which frankly were delicious but did not help with his current problem.

In the end it was Ghostwriter who found a solution, when Danny went to his library looking for information on what to do, he ended up meeting the ghost, Ghostwriter gave him some strange but useful advice, probably unintentionally "You could censor what happened a bit and write a book about it, it's a good story."

And as stupid as it sounded, he did it, he wrote a whole saga of books about his experiences, recounting everything as if it were a fairy tale in an invented world. It helped more than he thought at first and made him feel a little lighter at the end of the day.

Sneaking into the human realm as Danny Fenton he published his books under a Phantom-like nickname, and his saga became strangely popular, to the point where it reached Jason Todd.

Jason for his part was in love with the story, there were some scenarios that were familiar to him, but it didn't really matter, he was strangely excited when he found out that the author would have a book signing in Gotham; no matter how many times Dick called him a book nerd he wasn't going to miss that damn signing.

And if the author and the crime lord fell in love when they saw each other at the signing, that was information for Clockwork to know.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #danny fenton #dc x dp #jason todd #ghost king danny #dead on main #jason todd x danny fenton #red hood #Jason fall in love for both the book and the author #He was excited to meet him #and when they see each other there was a connection #Ghostwriter is an unintentional match maker #Clockwork is having fun again #Maybe Batman tried to investigate the books until Jason stopped him #He wasn't going to let B ruin his books #There was a Rogue attack in the place #Jason was going to put the author in a safe place #but Danny didn't need help #he destroyed the rogue in seconds #Jason was absolutely amused #and fall hard for the boy #This could be the same dimension #or different dimensions #After all we are talking about infinite Realms

[mayasaura]

All this talk about Princess Maker 2 Hell had me curious, and I-

Now hang on a second....

No way...

TAMSYN!!!

#cannot BELIEVE THIS SHIT #a war hero is given a saughter of the heavens to raise and how well he raises her determines the future of humanity??? #now why does that sound familiar???? #oh my fucking god #I love this series #I adore this series #did she do this on purpose??? was that ama reference a fucking in joke with herself??? #btw the hell ending is where the daughter slays the demon king and takes his place as ruler of hell #or the one where she marries the devil lmao #the locked tomb #ntn spoilers #nona the ninth #princess maker 2 hell

[blkpntherxo]

Godzilla: King of the Monsters | favorite shots

#godzilla #mothra #rodan #king ghidorah #godzilla king of the monsters #godzilla: king of the monsters #godzillaedit #monsterverse #kaiju #moviegifs #film #dailytvfilmgifs #love this movie more than i love myself #maker: blkpntherxo

[angeldmn]

Someone: what's your favorite type of couple?

me: how to explain? a blonde obsessed with his lover with black/dark hair?

#alexander the making of a god #alexander x hephaestion #achilles #achilles x patroclus #patroclus #patrochilles #hannibal nbc #hannibal x will #hannigram #killing eve #eve x villanelle #iwtv lestat #amc iwtv #lestat x louis #aot #levi x erwin #eruri #kings maker #perfect buddy #this is so canon #fy #fav ship #lovers #gay pics #love this #historia x ymir #sapphic #young royals

[yarrayora]

never judge canon by its fanworks

#king's maker #servamp #bungou stray dogs #yarra makes comics #yarra draws stuff

[impromptu-sketches]

can you recommend me some good yaois with an actual good story? perfect balance of humour, sex & plot. i don't like to read stories that only consist of fucking. thank you very much!

Great question!! Hopefully you find the perfect balance in some of these recs ~ I put a flower next to the ones I think you should check out first ❀

HUMOR, sex, & plot

Punch Drunk Love ❀

Semantic Error ❀

Mother's Spirit ❀

The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera

Wolf in the House ❀

Happy Crappy Life

Don't Get Me Wrong, Boss!

Love in Orbit

humor, SEX, & plot

It's Just a Dream... Right?! ❀

You Get Me Going

Haunted by Desire

Taming the Tiger

Anemone Theater

Dawn of the Dragon

4 Week Lovers

On or Off ❀

Love so Pure

humor, sex, & PLOT

King's Maker: Triple Crown ❀

Frenemies: Thicker Than Blood ❀

Unintentional Love Story

Bongchon Bride

Fate Makes No Mistakes

Liveta

humor & plot / shounen-ai honorable mentions

Killer Crush ❀

Lost in the Cloud

Night Fragments

I Became the Lousy Side Top

Beauty and the Brawn

#bl manhwa #bl manga #yaoi #punch drunk love #mother's spirit #wolf in the house #king's maker #semantic error

[kdramaspace]

Q: THIS OR THAT: SHARING UMBRELLAS VS. BEACH OUTINGS (as voted by our members and followers)

SHARING UMBRELLAS: Goblin: The Lonely and Great God (2016) | King The Land (2023) | Shopping King Louie (2016) | Splash Splash Love (2015) | Our Beloved Summer (2021) | The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) | Business Proposal (2022) | I Am Not a Robot (2017)

#goblin #king the land #shopping king louie #splash splash love #our beloved summer #the legend of the blue sea #business proposal #i am not a robot #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramanet #asiandramaedit #asiancentral #romancegifs #potw #potw: edit #potw: 230710 #maker: junghaesin #member

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Gatecrashers

Help. I bet you smart sleuthers have already covered this topic somewhere around our Tumblr neighborhood, but per usual I'm late to the party. Will someone please help me better understand Sparry's so-called "visit" with the King because the photographs and timing just don't add up. Connecting the dots seems to reveal 2 rebellious overseas unroyals who were determined to show up at Clarence House with or without permission.

On Tuesday, I felt annoyed to see the Royal Family YouTube channel (unaffiliated w/the BRF) patched into a live stream outside of Buckingham Palace. I thought it was a ridiculous invasion of privacy. Now I understand that the King was previously scheduled to arrive at BP (late morning) and the media was waiting to capture the first photo of king Charles post -treatment.

It seems Charles & Camilla were on a tight schedule which could explain the early morning (or overnight) visit with Beatrice & Edo.

The British media obviously knew that Charles was expected at BP and yet they disregarded this important bit of information to focus on Sparry's PR talking points---- all the while these manipulative talking heads knew the King had a prior engagement in his diary.

Pressure Pressure Pressure is what The Meghans wickedly tried to apply to Charles & William. There was even a mention of an EMPTY Frogmore Cottage. How low can these 2 go?🤬

Perhaps Mr and Mrs Sparry informed the men in grey of their plans to gatecrash the king & queen's departure. "Coming with or without permission." This would also explain why they flooded the media with Sparry's intention to see his father "within the next 2 days" followed by that crystal clear photograph at LAX. Someone around our Tumblr community or perhaps on reddit shared a catchy manifesting term...I'm sorry I didn't write it down bc it perfectly describes how The Meghans use her sharp elbows to bully their way through life.

All of this MANIFESTING crap to manipulate a face to face meeting with Charles: a man reeling from a life threatening diagnosis, recovering from an invasive procedure, and preparing for some sort of systemic poison.

Have I mentioned that The Meghans SUCK at compassion!!!

Beatrice & Edo

Doesn't it seem likely that family members have been welcomed to Clarence House (post-diagnosis) to wish Charles well before his Sandringham retreat-----perhaps the beginning of holistic treatments or simply to recover from the 1st of several adjuvant treatments.

The couple seems dressed for an early morning visit with a family member, NOT an audience with the King of England.

vs.

Sparry

Perhaps Sparry told the Palace "Me too! I'm coming to see my father too" and he was told "not this week," and MEgain responded "we'll see about that!"

I seem to remember Sparry had to be forced (by the Queen Elizabeth) to speak to his father and that meeting ended with shouting.

I also seem to remember Sparry had no time to give his family before or after His father's coronation.

As a courtesy, the men in grey delayed KC's departure & granted Sparry an audience with His Majesty the King, not a visit/block of time for a father-son brunch or lunch.

Sparry wearing all black upon his entrance to Clarence House but upon departure he's photographed wearing black and white, with a tie. Why didn't Sparry change clothes on the airplane?

This publicity stunt was meant to bury the African Parks story and the story about the (mon)ARCHewell revolving door. The Meghans have proven to the family (yet again) that there is no bottom to their depravity.

It was also a test for His Majesty's government as they push for IPP status, a campaign for royal housing, and of course information gathering for blackmail.

Let's do the math:

An audience with a sovereign (or even a President) is only about 5-10 minutes plus or minus time for photographs.

Sparry arrived at Clarence House by 2:45pm. Charles & Camilla were in a vehicle by 3:30pm. Sparry (if the photo is current) changed into business attire while at Clarence House. How long was Sparry in the same room as Charles?

Have I mentioned that MEgain and Sparry are SCUM and so are the British talking heads who served as their mouthpieces!?!?!

#megxit #spare us #God save the king #Get well king Charles #worldwide privacy tour #Clarence House #Manifesting Chaos #crazy train #crazy makers #revenge

[zomnommbie]

worked on this all afternoon to get it ready to post, some more changes to the weathering may be needed but, what do you guys think?

#king baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven #kingdom of heaven fandom #kingbaldwin #baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven 2005 #koh #balduin iv #baldwin-iv #mask maker #mask art #masks #mask

[allelitewrestlings]

BARBENHEIMER WEEKEND: The Acclaimed vs House of Black

#the acclaimed #house of black #anthony bowens #max caster #billy gunn #malakai black #buddy matthews #brody king #aewedit #aew #wrestlingedit #aew collision #tv: collision #ours: gifs #maker: s #* #tag team: the acclaimed #faction: house of black #misc.